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Careers at UnitedHealth Group

We have modest goals: Improve the lives of others. Change the landscape of health care forever. Leave the world a better place than we found it. Such aspirations tend to attract a certain type of person. Crazy talented. Compassionate. Driven. To these individuals, we offer the global reach, resources and can-do culture of a Fortune 5 company. We provide an environment where you’re empowered to be your best. We encourage you to take risks and in return, offer a world of rewards and benefits for performance. Exceeding your limits is an exceptional start to your life's best work.SM

Just like you, we are driven by a set of fundamental principles that are guiding our way forward. Our values of integrity, compassion, relationships, innovation, and performance serve as a foundation to transform health care. Are you in? Learn more about your future at UnitedHealth Group at careers.unitedhealthgroup.com

How’s this for a challenge? Help us transform health care and change the way consumers engage with technology. Pretty ambitious? Yes. But it also pretty much guarantees that you won’t be bored. Ever. Because here, at Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, you’ll have the opportunity to achieve great things while you showcase your passion and technical expertise as an Applications Developer. You'll work alongside some of the most engaged and brilliant people in our business; people who bring compassion, energy and focus to their work every day.

Primary Responsibilities:

Help predict emerging customer needs while developing business strategies and innovative solutions to meet them

Develop/manage business plans and lead large, complex projects

Influence senior leadership to adopt new ideas, products and/or approaches to help solve complex problems with broad impact on the business

Know this. We operate a complex, matrixed environment that requires you to work through ambiguity and build relationships across technology teams and the business. You’ll need to act as an effective mentor and role model to other developers as well as earn credibility with business and technology leaders within a demanding deadline-driven environment.

Required Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience

4 + years of experience working within the Software Development Life Cycle